kw22614
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Thanks Express, have given many of our past dogs Benedryl as needed, but with all Chewy's ongoing probs don't want to add another variable to the mix. So far just bathing her with mild puppy shampoo and rubbing affected areas with olive oil until the products I ordered come, hopefully Tues(might just be the best part of election day!).
Thanks dave, yes it's very frustrating. I could tell you a couple horror(for us - funny for others)stories about explosive diahrrea. Chewy sleeps in the bed with us since she got big enough to jump that high - 'nuff said :hissyfit:. Right now our vet, along with 1 of his assoc who does the holistic thing, is working on a no grain, single protein diet - deer - trying to isolate whatever seems to aggrivate her condition. She does great for a little while at every new food change then after a while doesn't want to eat and then back and forth with constipation and diahrrea. I'm pretty convinced her immune deficiency is from poor nutrition. Vet just 2 days ago sold us some natural seaweed calcium supplement and told us to give her 1/2 a human adult multi-vitamin. We've also added pumkin to her food which she really likes and has been eating really well
ptimist:. She was on home cooked chicken and rice before to the point of not eating it anymore and we're slowly transitioning to deer with pumpkin, green beans, mushrooms and egg along with 1/8 cup of deer organ meat at each feeding. She's still taking the antibiotic for her staff infection(some improvement already) and a pre/probiotic capsule daily. Poor baby - we go through more trouble for her than we do for ourselves. Today she was like a new dog - full of energy and playing non-stop like a pup her age should. A glimmer of hope :dance1:. We'll keep doing whatever it takes - she's our baby. Just hope it's sooner than later.
Thanks dave, yes it's very frustrating. I could tell you a couple horror(for us - funny for others)stories about explosive diahrrea. Chewy sleeps in the bed with us since she got big enough to jump that high - 'nuff said :hissyfit:. Right now our vet, along with 1 of his assoc who does the holistic thing, is working on a no grain, single protein diet - deer - trying to isolate whatever seems to aggrivate her condition. She does great for a little while at every new food change then after a while doesn't want to eat and then back and forth with constipation and diahrrea. I'm pretty convinced her immune deficiency is from poor nutrition. Vet just 2 days ago sold us some natural seaweed calcium supplement and told us to give her 1/2 a human adult multi-vitamin. We've also added pumkin to her food which she really likes and has been eating really well
ptimist:. She was on home cooked chicken and rice before to the point of not eating it anymore and we're slowly transitioning to deer with pumpkin, green beans, mushrooms and egg along with 1/8 cup of deer organ meat at each feeding. She's still taking the antibiotic for her staff infection(some improvement already) and a pre/probiotic capsule daily. Poor baby - we go through more trouble for her than we do for ourselves. Today she was like a new dog - full of energy and playing non-stop like a pup her age should. A glimmer of hope :dance1:. We'll keep doing whatever it takes - she's our baby. Just hope it's sooner than later.
